MPG calculator

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:46 pm

rochester computer controlled carburettors, eh.... like a strange variant of ECU injection

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:51 pm

bstardchild wrote:Thats the bugger - carb off and to bits and look at all the jets they are stamped with their sizes

I'd be buying this

My thinking exactly - there's one on ebay that I've been keeping my eye on

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:52 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote:
bstardchild wrote:Thats the bugger - carb off and to bits and look at all the jets they are stamped with their sizes

I'd be buying this
My thinking exactly - there's one on ebay that I've been keeping my eye on

Well the alternative is the library - they nearly always have copies..... JAT

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:53 pm

Cunning.. in fact, the library not only has a good stock of haynes, but a photocopier too. Best of both worlds

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:55 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote:Cunning.. in fact, the library not only has a good stock of haynes, but a photocopier too. Best of both worlds

Just a cheapskate at heart

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:04 pm

photocopier???

take a digital camera!

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:06 pm

Just a cheapskate at heart

That's me

I don't think I'd survive if I wasn't, just simply not possible to take four A levels and earn a decent amount of money at the same time..

take a digital camera!

The quality of my digicam's close up photos is appalling, photocopier would be far better.. although I could do it the easy way and just make use of my library card for once..

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:15 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote:
Just a cheapskate at heart
That's me I don't think I'd survive if I wasn't, just simply not possible to take four A levels and earn a decent amount of money at the same time..

I actually meant I was

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:18 pm

you'll find the haynes are reference only, a bit dog eared but without a speck of oil on them! the library makes money off the copier, dont ya know (you really think it costs 5p to put a little bit of carbon onto a sheet of dog-rough bulk paper?

) so they're not letting the reference books out of sight ... notwithstanding the theft issue.

have you discovered Macro mode on your camera yet?
admittedly my olympus is bobbins up close even with it on, compared to the old fuji (which was awesome in close-up), but you can get a good readable copy of an A4 page with it at 1600x1200 / 2 megapixel mode. (another tip - if it's either too blurry (flash off) and/or flash makes awful glare that washes parts out....... set it into force-flash mode, but cover some/all the bulb with your hand - not finger, HAND ... get you the sharpness of the short exposure, but with far less glare, and though it'll be pretty dark, the text is all full-black / full-white, its easy to make readable on the PC later by just adjusting the dark & light levels. the photos may suffer a little, but like they're normally any use anyway?)

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:24 pm

bstardchild wrote:I actually meant I was

Ah, gotcha. Well, personally I think it's a good thing - no point in spending money where it's not needed

Tahrey, yep, discovered macro mode, discovered it's marginally better but not reliably so. Plus I'd feel a right wierdo wandering into a library and taking photos of books

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:25 pm

find yourself a private booth..... they won't mind

i've done it in halfords before, boothless!

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:47 am

lol only expected like 1 reply

i gets 37mpg out of mine

my boss in his old old volvo gets 12 haha

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:30 pm

I get 36mpg not bad as I have a heavy right foot

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:30 pm

thats pretty much what *they* say a polo gti gets

my polo is supposed to get 44 mpg (i think)